Gavagan is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gavagan
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gavagan

How popular is Gavagan?

Gavagan is ranked 441400 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gavagan bearers increased by 4.669261 per cent in 2010 US census to 269 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1426 spots and ranked at 72332. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.8 94.16
Others 2.6 4.67
Gavagan is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Ireland have the last name. Around 576 people have been found who wears Gavagan as their family name. Few people around the world have Gavagan as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
85,784 Australia19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
45,655 England86
4,308 Ireland82
Countries with hundreds of Gavagan:
64,684 United States388

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 26 years old carpenter John Gavagan who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on August 24, 1850 by Boadicia put out from Liverpool. 40 years old Judy Gavagan, Catherine Gavagan (20) Dressmaker, 20 years old John Gavagan, 4 years old Owen Gavagan, are others that migrated to US.

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